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Canthigaster amboinensis (Bleeker, 1865) (Spider-eye puffer) Spider-eye puffer (Canthigaster amboinensis) Canthigaster axiologus Whitley, 1931 (Pacific crown toby) Canthigaster aziz Matsuura, Bogorodsky, Mal & Alpermann 2020 (Aziz's toby) [4] Canthigaster bennetti (Bleeker, 1854) (Bennett's sharpnose puffer) Canthigaster callisterna (J. D ...
Canthigaster amboinensis, commonly known as the Ambon pufferfish, the Ambon toby, or the spider-eye puffer, is a species of pufferfish of the family Tetraodontidae. The species is commonly seen in the tropical Indo-Pacific Ocean, including Australia, Indonesia, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Taiwan and the Hawaiian Islands . [ 2 ]
Oonops pulcher is a tiny spider (males about 1½ mm, females 2 mm). Its six eyes are located closely together, giving the impression of only one eye. The spider is of a bleak light red, with a reddish to whitish abdomen, and found out of doors in bird nests, under stones and under tree bark, also in webs of Amaurobius and Coelotes (two spider genera from the family Amaurobiidae).
Eyes: The basic number of eyes is eight, typically arranged in two rows (e.g. as in Gnaphosidae); the front row are the anterior eyes, the row behind the posterior eyes; the four eyes to the edges are the lateral eyes, the four eyes in the centre the median eyes; the anterior median eyes are called the main eyes or direct eyes, while the other ...
Hogna wolf spider (family Lycosidae) showing the enlarged posterior median eyes typical of the family. The eyes of spiders vary significantly in their structure, arrangement, and function. They usually have eight, each being a simple eye with a single lens rather than multiple units as in the compound eyes of insects. The specific arrangement ...
Originally, Megarachne (meaning "great spider" in Ancient Greek) was classified as a member of the Mesothelae, until further examination has proven to it being a species of eurypterid, an extinct arthropod. A number of families and genera of fossil arthropods have been assigned to the Mesothelae, particularly by Alexander Petrunkevitch.
The spider species Araneus diadematus is commonly called the European garden spider, cross orbweaver, diadem spider, orangie, cross spider, and crowned orb weaver. It is sometimes called the pumpkin spider , [ 2 ] although this name is also used for a different species, Araneus marmoreus . [ 3 ]
Theridiidae, also known as the tangle-web spiders, cobweb spiders and comb-footed spiders, is a large family of araneomorph spiders first described by Carl Jakob Sundevall in 1833. [1]